US Patent Issued to Hyperfine Operations on Nov. 4 for "Flexible radio frequency coil apparatus and methods for magnetic resonance imaging" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,177, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hyperfine Operations Inc. (Guilford, Conn.).

"Flexible radio frequency coil apparatus and methods for magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Gang Chen (Guilford, Conn.) and Anne Michele Nelson (Guilford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency apparatus is described herein for facilitating imaging of a patient positioned within a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising a B0 magnet. The radio frequency apparatus may be configured to detect magnetic resonance signals emitted from anatomy of a patient when positioned within a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system, the ...